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    Determining the fraction of reddened quasars in COSMOS with multiple selection techniques from X-ray to radio wavelengths

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    Heintz, K. E.
    Fynbo, J. P. U.
    Møller, P.
    Milvang-Jensen, B. cc
    Zabl, J.
    Maddox, N.
    Krogager, J.-K. cc
    Geier, S.
    Vestergaard, Marianne cc
    Noterdaeme, P.
    Ledoux, C.
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    Affiliation
    Univ Arizona, Steward Observ
    Issue Date
    2016-10-24
    Keywords
    galaxies: active
    quasars: general
    surveys
    
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    EDP SCIENCES S A
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    Determining the fraction of reddened quasars in COSMOS with multiple selection techniques from X-ray to radio wavelengths 2016, 595:A13 Astronomy & Astrophysics
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    Astronomy & Astrophysics
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    © ESO, 2016
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    This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.
    Abstract
    The sub-population of quasars reddened by intrinsic or intervening clouds of dust are known to be underrepresented in optical quasar surveys. By defining a complete parent sample of the brightest and spatially unresolved quasars in the COSMOS field, we quantify to which extent this sub-population is fundamental to our understanding of the true population of quasars. By using the available multiwavelength data of various surveys in the COSMOS field, we built a parent sample of 33 quasars brighter than J = 20 mag, identified by reliable X-ray to radio wavelength selection techniques. Spectroscopic follow-up with the NOT/ALFOSC was carried out for four candidate quasars that had not been targeted previously to obtain a 100% redshift completeness of the sample. The population of high AV quasars (HAQs), a specific sub-population of quasars selected from optical/near-infrared photometry, some of which were shown to be missed in large optical surveys such as SDSS, is found to contribute 21%(+9)(-5) of the parent sample. The full population of bright spatially unresolved quasars represented by our parent sample consists of 39%(+9)(-8) reddened quasars defined by having A(V) > 0.1, and 21%(+9)(-5) of the sample having E(B-V) > 0.1 assuming the extinction curve of the Small Magellanic Cloud. We show that the HAQ selection works well for selecting reddened quasars, but some are missed because their optical spectra are too blue to pass the g - r color cut in the HAQ selection. This is either due to a low degree of dust reddening or anomalous spectra. We find that the fraction of quasars with contributing light from the host galaxy, causing observed extended spatial morphology, is most dominant at z less than or similar to 1. At higher redshifts the population of spatially unresolved quasars selected by our parent sample is found to be representative of the full population of bright active galactic nuclei at J < 20 mag. This work quantifies the bias against reddened quasars in studies that are based solely on optical surveys.
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    0004-6361
    1432-0746
    DOI
    10.1051/0004-6361/201628836
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    Sponsors
    European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Program (FP7)/ERC Grant [EGGS-278202]; European Union [600207, DFF-MOBILEX-5051-00115]; Danish Council for Independent Research [DFF 4002-00275]; ESO programme [179.A-2005]; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; National Science Foundation; US Department of Energy Office of Science; University of Arizona; Brazilian Participation Group; Brookhaven National Laboratory; Carnegie Mellon University; University of Florida; French Participation Group; German Participation Group; Harvard University; Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias; Michigan State/Notre Dame/JINA Participation Group; Johns Hopkins University; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics; Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics; New Mexico State University; New York University; Ohio State University; Pennsylvania State University; University of Portsmouth; Princeton University; Spanish Participation Group; University of Tokyo; University of Utah; Vanderbilt University; University of Virginia; University of Washington; Yale University
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